Sale of consumer data by Advast - AVG's parent company

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Hi John.
Thank you for writing us here.
We'd like to assure you that AVG or Avast does not sell any user data to 3rd party. You can view our privacy policy here https://www.avg.com/en-us/privacy.

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Hi John. Thank you very much for taking the time to write. I sincerely apologize for the delayed response. Your feedback is valued and very much appreciated, and I assure to you, does not fall on deaf ears.

The security and privacy of our users remains our top priority. To address you concern directly, please reference the recently written message by Avast/AVG's CEO, Ondrej Vlcek to our valued customers: https://is.gd/pOqWzZ

I trust this explanation, helps clarify your concern of the referenced article. Regards, Shawn

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https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEE-i3kI3Duw1kZv3bHLNAGsqGAgEKg8IACoHCAowwOjjAjDp3xswpuqvAw?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

reports that AVAST, which owned AVG since 2016, has been caught selling consumer online usage data. 

What is the corporate policy reguarding AVG???

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Hi John. Thank you very much for taking the time to write. I sincerely apologize for the delayed response. Your feedback is valued and very much appreciated, and I assure to you, does not fall on deaf ears.

The security and privacy of our users remains our top priority. To address you concern directly, please reference the recently written message by Avast/AVG's CEO, Ondrej Vlcek to our valued customers: https://is.gd/pOqWzZ

I trust this explanation, helps clarify your concern of the referenced article. Regards, Shawn

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There was an article which has been rereported by several security sites that referenced an inquiry by Motherboard and PCMag.  In it, they stated that Avast had been selling aggrigated data with substantial detail to an aray of data houses. 

Please respond to the article
Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data

If there is no truth, please so state, but if partially or totally true at that time, please explain and re-assure us.

Thank you for the initial response.

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I apologize for pushing this, but please advise if you will answer the question above.